The Pox All Together Now! cassette
Seven minutes of perfect garage punk coming out of Montreal, “recorded in glorious mono” and self-released. This rules. The production is as dirty as the music is. The vocals are snotty, pissed, and scummy. At times, you can barely hear the guitar through the cymbal hiss, but you don’t need to. You still feel the anger, you still feel the intensity, and sometimes, if you listen closely, you can hear a synth buried in the madness. The last track (“BBITA/I Don’t Wanna Die”) is oddball, but it ended up being my favorite out of the bunch. It sounds like punks playing a spaghetti western song. Midway through, you hear “Every time I log on / I see another baby take its last breath / Free Palestine,” followed by a synth lead akin to a funeral procession before they kick back into familiar territory for the last 30 seconds. It’s rare that a recording leaves me wanting more. I’d recommend this to anyone who is a fan of scummy, lo-fi garage punk.
